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  United States Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America and is the oldest written national constitution still in force.
States took it so lightly that their representatives were often absent, and the national legislature was very frequently blocked from doing anything, even ineffectual things, pending appearance of a quorum.
The United States is a common law country, and courts are obliged to follow the precedents established in prior cases.
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 The United States Constitution
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
The judicial Power of the United States shall be vested in one supreme Court, and in such inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
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 United States Constitution
States took it so lightly that their representatives were often absent, and the national legislature was blocked pending appearance of a quorum.
The U.S. Constitution styles itself the "supreme law of the land." Courts have interpreted this phrase to mean that when laws (including state constitutions) that have been passed by state legislatures, or by the (national) Congress, are found to conflict with the federal Constitution, these laws are null and have no effect.
The United States has 50 states, so this means that the 13 smallest states (representing as little as 4% of the national population) could block an amendment desired by the remaining 37 states (representing as much as 96% of the national population).
www.knowledgefun.com /book/u/un/united_states_constitution.html   (3555 words)

  
 United States Constitution Research Guide
Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1786-1870; Derived from the Records, Manuscripts, and Rolls Deposited in the Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Department of State.
The Federalist; a Commentary on the Constitution of the United States, Being a Collection of Essays Written in Support of the Constitution Agreed Upon September 17, 1787, by the Federal Convention...
An introductory section on the historical background of the period is followed by biographical sketches of the signers.
www.lib.jmu.edu /polisci/uscons.aspx   (1804 words)

  
 Constitution of the United States
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
No person held to service or labour in one state, under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labour, but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such service or labour may be due.
Done in convention by the unanimous consent of the states present the seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven and of the independence of the United States of America the twelfth.
www.laughtergenealogy.com /bin/histprof/const/constitution.html   (2610 words)

  
 UNT Libraries: Government Information Connection, Law - Constitutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
United States Code Annotated (Located on Willis Library Third Floor, under Call Number KF62.U51) includes the text of the Constitution, annotated with references to related court cases, in the first several volumes (preceding Title 1).
which framed the Constitution of the United States of America, were edited by Gaillard Hund and James Brown Scott from extensive notes taken by James Madison during the convention.
This document established the United States of America as a loose confederacy of independent states, but proved unsatisfactory because of the subordinate position held by the central government.
www.library.unt.edu /govinfo/law/constitutions.htm   (1327 words)

  
 The Constitution For The United States, Its Sources and Its Applications - Article II
The term of the President of the United States of Brazil is six years, and he is forbidden to leave the country during his incumbency under penalty of forfeiture of office.
Seven of the signers of the Constitution were foreign born: James Wilson, Robert Morris and Thomas Fitzsimons of Pennsylvania, Alexander Hamilton of New York, William Paterson of New Jersey, James McHenry of Maryland, and Pierce Butler of South Carolina.
The Constitution of the United States of Brazil (1890) is more clear than ours and provides that the Vice President shall take the place of the President "in case of temporary disability and succeed him in case of vacancy.
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 Constitution of the United States
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life,liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.
www.geocities.com /CapitolHill/Parliament/9387/Constitution.html   (3658 words)

  
 Category:United States Constitution - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The main article for this category is United States Constitution.
List of signatories of the United States Constitution
This page was last modified 20:23, 23 June 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:United_States_Constitution   (81 words)

  
 Constitution of the United States
And they shall make a List of all the Persons voted for, and of the Number of Votes for each; which List they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the Seat of the Govern- ment of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of the several States, as provided in the Constitution, within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congess.
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of threefourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission to the States by the Congress.
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 The Constitution of the United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
But in choosing the President, the Votes shall be taken by States, the Representation from each State hvaing one vote; a quorum for this purpose shall consist of a Member or Members from two thirds of the States, and a Majority of all the States shall be necessary to a Choice.
The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
The United States shall guarantee to every tate in this Union a Republican Form of Gobernment, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against demestic Violence.
www.usahistory.com /constitution   (2727 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Constitution of the United States : An Introduction, Revised and Updated Edition (Mentor S.): Books: ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Floyd G. Cullop's study of The Constitution Of The United States carefully explains and comments on its Preamble, main body and amendments so that readers may fully understand what it meant to our founding fathers and what it means to us today.
United States, House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, District of Columbia, Articles of Confederation, Civil War, New York, President's Cabinet, Secretary of Transportation, The World Almanac
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States by Roger Pilon
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 The United States Constitution
Clause 1: The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.
Clause 3: The Electors shall meet in their respective States, and vote by Ballot for two Persons, of whom one at least shall not be an Inhabitant of the same State with themselves.
Clause 7: The President shall, at stated Times, receive for his Services, a Compensation, which shall neither be encreased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them.
www.people.fas.harvard.edu /~arcrock/usconstitution/ii.shtml   (467 words)

  
 PREAMBLE TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
Articles in addition to, and Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America, proposed by Congress and ratified by the Legislatures of the several States, pursuant to the fifth Article of the original Constitution.
Beware of those who claim that the Constitution is a living instrument because they are seeking justification for its violation.
is the nation's largest nonprofit, nonpartisan coalition of law enforcement professionals, crime victims, and concerned citizens united for justice.
www.alpinesurvival.com /preamble.html   (327 words)

  
 The Constitution of the United States
Delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787.
The Constitution was forwarded to the Congress and the following year was ratified by conventions in nine states, and made the law of the land.
It must be pointed out that the original parchment document on which the Constitution was written was in the custody of the Department of State.
freedom.greatnet.us /constit.htm   (2996 words)

  
 UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
Clause 1: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, (See Note 3) for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
Clause 1: The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
Clause 2: A Person charged in any State with Treason, Felony, or other Crime, who shall flee from Justice, and be found in another State, shall on Demand of the executive Authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.
www.alpinesurvival.com /us-constitution.html   (2758 words)

  
 The U.S. Constitution Online - USConstitution.net
In August 2005, the Not in the Constitution page was listed on Digg and it became a featured link on dozens of blogs.
The show was focusing on a new law slipped into a 2004 spending bill that requires all federal employees and students in schools that get federal funds to get training on the Constitution on Constitution Day (September 17).
We are listed with Political Information, a great resource with a search engine that indexes just political sites
www.usconstitution.net   (737 words)

  
 Declaration of Independence : Indiana Law
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
www.law.indiana.edu /uslawdocs/declaration.html   (1207 words)

  
 United States Constitution--Constitutional Rights Foundation
[Clause 1] The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.
These are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
The District constituting the seat of Government of the United States shall appoint in such manner as the Congress may direct:
www.crf-usa.org /links/cja/US_Constitution.htm   (4023 words)

  
 United States Constitution text provided by legallanguage.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Article VI (General Provisions and the Supremacy of the Constitution)
Note: The following is a transcription of the Constitution in its original form.
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